Re: [PATCH 11/16] 2.6.17-rc6 perfmon2 patch for review: new i386 files

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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:07:40 -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote:

> This patch contains the new i386 files
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- linux-2.6.17-rc6.orig/arch/i386/perfmon/Kconfig   1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc6/arch/i386/perfmon/Kconfig        2006-06-13 06:58:08.000000000 -0700
> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
> +menu "Hardware Performance Monitoring support"
> +config PERFMON
> +     bool "Perfmon2 performance monitoring interface"
> +     select X86_LOCAL_APIC
> +     default y
> +     help
> +       include the perfmon2 performance monitoring interface
> +       in the kernel. See <http://perfmon2.sf.net/> for
> +       more details. If you're unsure, say Y.
> +
> + config PERFMON_P6
> +     tristate "Support for P6/Pentium M processor hardware performance counters"
> +     depends on PERFMON
> +     default m
> +     help
> +     Enables support for the P6-style hardware performance counters.
> +     To be used for P6 processors (Pentium III, PentiumPro) and also
> +     for Pentium M.
> +     If unsure, say M.
> +
> +config PERFMON_P4
> +     tristate "Support for 32-bit P4/Xeon hardware performance counters"
> +     depends on PERFMON
> +     default m
> +     help
> +     Enables support for the 32-bit P4/Xeon style hardware performance
> +     counters.
> +     If unsure, say M.
> +
> +config PERFMON_GEN_IA32
> +     tristate "Support for the architected IA-32 PMU"
> +     depends on PERFMON
> +     default m
> +     help
> +     Enables support for the architected IA-32 hardware performance counters.
> +     You need a Core Duo/Solo processor or newer for this work.
> +     If unsure, say M.
> +
> +config PERFMON_P4_PEBS
> +     tristate "Support for Intel P4 PEBS sampling format"
> +     depends on PERFMON_P4
> +     default m
> +     help
> +     Enables support for Precise Event-Based Sampling (PEBS) on the Intel P4
> +     processors which support it.  Does not work with P6 processors.
> +     If unsure, say m.
> +
> +endmenu

What do I pick for i386 kernel on Athlon64 hardware?  P6?  There's no help for
that (or Athlon/Sempron processors.)
-- 
Chuck
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